Paulding County Courthouse · Photo: TheMillCreek · CC BY-SA 3.0Unemployment in Dallas (8.3%) is higher than in 89% of U.S. towns
Commuters spend 41 minutes getting to work on average, where Georgia has 28 and the U.S. 26. For jobs and income Dallas is better than 32% of U.S. towns (C); for walkability it is more walkable than 56% of U.S. towns (B). Only 4% work in Dallas itself; outside it, Atlanta draws the most (8%, 26 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Dallas at work: what stands out
Dallas draws workers from far and wide
The 5,301 jobs in Dallas are filled from a wide area. Dallas’ own residents hold 5% and the ten next-biggest home towns 8%; the other 87% come from many towns beyond those. The commute map ↓
Dallas workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 41 minutes each way, against 28 across Georgia. Over a year that’s about 314 hours of commuting, 100 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
No single place dominates Dallas’ commute
The biggest draw, Atlanta, gets only 8% of working residents, and 65% work outside the top ten towns entirely. Dallas residents fan out across the region. The commute map ↓
Dallas’ biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Dallas is Atlanta, 26 miles away as the crow flies. 8% of working residents (563) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
Where Dallas’ Jobs & income grade comes from
Job access by car holds Dallas’ grade up (ahead of 64% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down. It also does well on household income.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Dallas could be anywhere from C− to B.
Where the trip to work from Dallas ends
Where Dallas clocks in
8% of workers
7% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Getting to work from Dallas takes about 41 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 13.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Dallas workers work from home, vs 16% across Georgia. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 5,760 commuters (the 13% who work from home are left out). Across Georgia: 84% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Dallas’ commute, mile by mile
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
A workday in Dallas: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 6,389 residents head out to work, 280 work right here, and 5,021 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.79 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
The kinds of work in Dallas
5,301 jobs are based in Dallas.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Dallas, 2013 → 2023: 5,595 → 5,301. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Dallas’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The commute in Dallas is mostly behind the wheel
The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 1.7% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 3.1% across Georgia.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 6,591 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 8.0% of Dallas households have no vehicle (Georgia 5.9%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Dallas’ commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Dallas is 1,647th among 2,109 U.S. towns of 11,000 to 21,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New Albany OH | 11,803 | $238K | 1.4% | 0.9% | 11% | A+ |
| 2 | Plain Township OH | 13,257 | $219K | 2.1% | 0.8% | 10% | A+ |
| 3 | Rogers MN | 15,606 | $159K | 1.9% | 1.2% | 10% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 176 | Holly Springs GA | 20,261 | $114K | 3.9% | 2.2% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 289 | Vinings GA | 14,390 | $95K | 6.2% | 2.2% | 4% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 359 | Flowery Branch GA | 13,110 | $104K | 6.1% | 2.4% | 4% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 1,645 | Van Wert OH | 11,200 | $55K | 14.2% | 4.2% | 39% | C |
| 1,646 | Radford VA | 17,243 | $57K | 28.7% | 8.1% | 21% | C |
| 1,647 | Dallas GA | 15,402 | $76K | 16.3% | 8.3% | 4% | C |
| 1,648 | Batavia NY | 15,168 | $59K | 14.2% | 5.5% | 26% | C |
| 1,649 | Mount Pleasant TX | 16,225 | $51K | 18.3% | 2.5% | 52% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 2,109 | Douglas AZ | 16,038 | $42K | 27.8% | 12.3% | 29% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Dallas, the top three, the last and three more from Georgia.
Dallas and the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Hiram (3%).
Jobs & commute next door
Darker towns draw more of Dallas’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Dallas: questions
What is the median household income in Dallas?
$75,545 (±$10,154) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,353 across Georgia and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Dallas?
16.3%, against 13.4% across Georgia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Dallas?
41 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Georgia and 26 nationally. 13% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Dallas work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Atlanta (8%, 26 mi), Marietta (7%, 17 mi), Hiram (3%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Dallas walkable?
Dallas is more walkable than 56% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 8.0 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Dallas without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 8% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Dallas, from the people who make the trip.
More of Dallas
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.